Includes Pictures of items found in the 4 major layers of the atmosphere--to be used mainly in a 5-7 grade classroom--great for discussion of each slide

1. Atmosphere
“Vapor Ball”

2. Layers of the Atmosphere
Troposphere
“Changing Ball”

3. Weather occurs (water cycle)

4. Clouds are formed (water vapor and dust)

5. Storms

6. Friction of air and surface of Earth

7. Convection (maintains earths temperature so
life can survive)

8. 75% of atmosphere

9. Layers of the Atmosphere
Stratosphere
“Layer Ball”

10. Weather balloons

11. Commercial Jets fly at bottom of layer

12. Special lightning called “blue jets”

13. Ozone protects planet (absorbs heat from sun)

14. No wind, No clouds, No water vapor

15. Layers of the Atmosphere
Mesosphere
“Middle Ball”

16. Meteors

17. Special lightning called sprites

18. We know very little: no jets, no
balloons, no satellites

19. Layers of the Atmosphere
Thermosphere
“Heat ball”

20. Considered to be outer space

21. International Space Station

22. Aurora (northern and southern lights)

23. Temperature and Pressure in the
different layers

24. Temperatures in the layers of the Atmosphere

25. Pressure in the layers of the Atmosphere